Category Archives: neural connections

Music exercises increase gray matter in the brain

Last week, on June 21, France celebrated World Music Day, a day that has been important for the past 30 years and has also been adopted by several other countries and states in the United States… Street performers, free concerts and all sorts of music related events! So why are we talking about music now? [...]

New tip to understand how attention skills work

As surprising as it could be, some of our brain cells have to be deactivated in order to become concentrated in a more efficient way! This observation was made by a team of French neuroscientists who studied different neuron networks. This study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, demonstrated that the default-mode network seems to [...]

8 Unusual Facts About Your Brain

This week we explore eight unusual facts you may or may not know about your brain. Do you know other unusual facts not on the list below? Please let us know by including them in the comment section below. 1. No rest for your brain Believe it or not, although rest is quite important for [...]

Is Your Brain Tangled?

Have you ever been curious why some people are able to keep their memory sharp without much effort, where the rest of us have to do all we can to ensure that we keep our cognitive abilities from declining? A new study presented by Changiz Geula, PhD, (principal investigator of the Northwestern University Super Aging [...]

Magnesium May Improve Memory Study Shows

A recent study on magnesium showed measurable improvements in working memory, short and long-term memory, and an improved ability to learn new things (with supplementation).

Juggle your Way to a Sharper Brain

Early in October a team of researchers from the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council of the University of Oxford in England, U.K. , published the results of a new study discussing how juggling and similar activities increase brain connections. In brain scans of 48 subjects made after an extensive 6-week practice period, the researchers [...]

The Elephant in the Room

Alzheimer’s disease is the elephant in the room that is not effectively being planned for or dealt with by the Government or the Health Care industry. Consider just a few stats – By 2050, 115M people will be afflicted with the disease primarily due to the simple fact of living longer than earlier generations.  The [...]

Brain Healthy Foods, What to Choose

Of course, there are many excellent types of food and ingredients for your brain. But which ones are totally natural and easily available? Let’s cover  five of the brain healthiest foods, starting with… wild salmon! We all know the benefits of salmon, especially wild as opposed to farm-raised salmon. It is a great source of [...]

Your Brain at Work

Learning on the job isn’t a luxury these days; it’s absolutely necessary. And that is where your brain at work comes in. The Dana Foundation has launched a new website – Your Brain at Work

Sleep Your Way to a Healthy Brain

Now, according to a study published on April 3 in the journal Science, researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health found more evidence that sleep resets the brain to allow more growth and learning the next day.  Read about their fascinating research here. So get a good night’s sleep – your [...]